Thesaurus: risk

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1. n. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
2. n. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
3. n. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
4. n. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
5. n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
6. n. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
7. n. the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
8. n. the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
9. v. expose to a chance of loss or damage
10. v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
11. 1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. Macaulay. 2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. Syn. -- Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger. 1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication. 2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle. Syn. -- To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.
12. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk,to incur hazard; to encounter danger.